Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

[iamtherealJayy]

I’m not sure what it’s missing, I just know when I got it the filler neck was help up with wire and nothing around it it’s just a metal tube with a cap that doesn’t screw in, it has two tabs that go in you rotate it and it drops in a little bit then rotate more and it’s shut. I’d like to get one similar to my 87 but no biggie if I can’t. I wish my local salvage yard was still selling parts so I could go get some parts.

 

[Bextreme04]

I’m not sure what it’s missing, I just know when I got it the filler neck was help up with wire and nothing around it it’s just a metal tube with a cap that doesn’t screw in, it has two tabs that go in you rotate it and it drops in a little bit then rotate more and it’s shut. I’d like to get one similar to my 87 but no biggie if I can’t. I wish my local salvage yard was still selling parts so I could go get some parts.

If it has the two holes and looks like the pic I posted of the filler door are, then it is a 78-early 80's one. If you see three holes then it is late 80's and you will need one similar to what I have from my blazer tank.

If it's the two hole one, and you want the correct filler and hoses, let me know and I can just send everything in a flat rate box... its fairly small.

 

[iamtherealJayy]

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The first three pictures are of the passenger side where the tank is, fourth picture is drivers side where nothing is and last picture is the truck with the lights on lol

 

[AuroraGirl]

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The first three pictures are of the passenger side where the tank is, fourth picture is drivers side where nothing is and last picture is the truck with the lights on lol

there is a plastic filler panel that holds the neck and also seals the small cavity with the door shot from the road and stuff. you are missing that collar and your neck appears generic or older but with the mounting ears removed. the bed appears to be correct to the year

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[iamtherealJayy]

The previous owner said the older fellow before him backed into a tree so he swapped the bed, the truck doesn’t appear a dual tank truck, but by how the tail light wiring looked I’d believe the beds been off… I just assumed the original bed was one without the fuel door and the cap was just on the bed side, when I got the truck it was held up with some like 14 gauge solid strand wire. It’s angled slightly down so it kinda sucks filling it from a fuel jug.

 

[AuroraGirl]

also glad the spark plug thing turned out to be one of the issues, Im glad i asked about plugs and noticed you didnt have extended tip kind. I would def get fresh plugs and follow the "LD" gap of .045 and R45ts as a base point

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[AuroraGirl]

The previous owner said the older fellow before him backed into a tree so he swapped the bed, the truck doesn’t appear a dual tank truck, but by how the tail light wiring looked I’d believe the beds been off… I just assumed the original bed was one without the fuel door and the cap was just on the bed side, when I got the truck it was held up with some like 14 gauge solid strand wire. It’s angled slightly down so it kinda sucks filling it from a fuel jug.

oh **** you have an 78 not an 86, i got you mixed with someone else lol.


78 looks like this:

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It has a flange around the neck that mounts it flush to the bed exterior.

your truck had a primary passenger tank if just a one tank truck. If you had two, you had one on the driver side too with a switch on teh dash in the center mouinted low. it would be an open spot in the metal if not a switch there.

 

[iamtherealJayy]

@AuroraGirl I’m not so sure it’s the tip of the plug or that the new ones are just so fouled. Either way I’ll go back with ts plugs after I get it running optimal so I don’t foul another set of plugs lol. Also do you know what that plastic surround is called? I’ll replace whatever I can to get it better than it is now but it’s near impossible to put fuel in currently.

 

[iamtherealJayy]

No switches on the dash is what lead me to believe it was just a single tank truck, so what parts would I need to update it to the current bed style? I know my 87 has the plastic pieve around it but this one is missing all of it I don’t know if they just rigged it up good enough for the new bed or what

 

[AuroraGirl]

@AuroraGirl I’m not so sure it’s the tip of the plug or that the new ones are just so fouled. Either way I’ll go back with ts plugs after I get it running optimal so I don’t foul another set of plugs lol. Also do you know what that plastic surround is called? I’ll replace whatever I can to get it better than it is now but it’s near impossible to put fuel in currently.

Your truck doesnt use the plastic piece, I wouldnt get one. I would infact recommend going to the right year fill neck then adapting to your bed or mounting your current neck to the bed with pieces of homemade flatsock or similar metal you can hand work. If you got the stuff with a lot of holes like for making slotted adjustments and put two pieces in ,you could prob bolt it to eachother, the bed, and then 2 of the present holes in the flange or put holes in the flange as needed.

 

[AuroraGirl]

Your truck doesnt use the plastic piece, I wouldnt get one. I would infact recommend going to the right year fill neck then adapting to your bed or mounting your current neck to the bed with pieces of homemade flatsock or similar metal you can hand work. If you got the stuff with a lot of holes like for making slotted adjustments and put two pieces in ,you could prob bolt it to eachother, the bed, and then 2 of the present holes in the flange or put holes in the flange as needed.

Alternatively you could get a bedside for a 78 and older with a flush mounted surface

 

[iamtherealJayy]

I’d rather stick with the current bed setup, I just need a fuel door on drivers side and some way to make it easier to put fuel in the truck, if it wasn’t as angled down it wouldn’t be too bad but it’s slightly down and you can’t get a funnel in there

 

[Bextreme04]

You have a filler neck original to the 78 and the bed side from a late 80’s truck. You can order the filler neck and hose from LMC. The plastic insert is t available that I could find. I’d just look out for a 84 and later truck that someone is parting out and probably pick it all up for $20

 

[iamtherealJayy]

Do I need everything between the tank and the bed? I’ll try and see if my local salvage yard will let me go out and find what I need

 

[AuroraGirl]

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it looks like LMC has the plastic part cheap which means to me that they are produced somewhere else probably affordably too if you dont want to pay their shipping. i only did a quick google and had trouble but you can do research from there.

The neck and hose CAN come from a newer truck but you are probably going to need to adapt the hose DOWN to the 78 tanks sizes.

At that rate, you are better off getting a 84+ tank and filler neck from a used truck because the opening on the tank is different spot, larger, and the the geometry is different to do all that.
Thats why I suggested possibly just fastening what you have to where its at with some flat stock kind of stuff and doing that. if it inteferes with fueling, then bedside is the least amount of steps option, neck+stepping down size to tank is next, but it may require you to fill it at part-speed if it starts to overflow back up

It may work. If not that, then tank, fuel neck, plastic housing, hose.